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2015 Influenza/Pneumococcal News Conference
On September 17, NACCHO staff attended the 2015 Influenza/Pneumococcal News Conference hosted by the National Foundation for...
Sep 30, 2015 | Kate Drezner
NACCHO Executive Director to Participate in #NetworkCommons Chat
NACCHO Executive Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck will participate in the next Build Healthy Places Network #NetworkCommons Twitter chat....
Sep 24, 2015 | Katie Regan
Celebrate World Environmental Health Day Sept. 26
Ensuring the public’s health is a multifaceted challenge requiring expertise in more than just the health threats that come from...
Sep 24, 2015 | Katie Regan
Injection Drug Use among High School Students, United States, 1995–2013
Injection drug use is the most frequently reported risk behavior among new cases of hepatitis C virus infection, and recent reports of...
Sep 16, 2015 | Firdaus Arastu
New Look for CDC’s Healthy Youth Website
CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) has released a new look for the Healthy Youth website. The new Healthy Youth...
Sep 10, 2015 | Alyson Jordan
NACCHO Recognizes Local Health Departments for Infectious Disease Model and...
NACCHO’s Model Practice and Promising Practice awards recognize local health departments’ innovative programs, resources,...
Sep 10, 2015 | Alyson Jordan
Vaccination Coverage Among Children in Kindergarten — United States, 2014-15 School...
On August 28, CDC released the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report article, “Vaccination Coverage Among Children in...
Sep 01, 2015 | Kate Drezner
National Immunization Survey-Teen Shows Lagging HPV Vaccination Rates
On July 30, CDC released the results of the National Immunization Survey—Teen module, providing important information about the state...
Aug 26, 2015 | Kate Heyer
EPA Launches School Indoor Air Quality Assessment Mobile App
EPA recently launched a new mobile app to help schools and school districts perform comprehensive indoor air quality (IAQ) facility...
Aug 19, 2015 | Katie Regan
2015 Influenza/Pneumococcal News ConferenceOn September 17, NACCHO staff attended the 2015 Influenza/Pneumococcal News Conference hosted by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) promoting the importance of seasonal influenza and pneumococcal vaccination. The event, moderated by Dr. William Schaffner, M.D., medical director of NFID and professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University School... Sep 30, 2015 | Kate Drezner |
NACCHO Executive Director to Participate in #NetworkCommons ChatNACCHO Executive Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck will participate in the next Build Healthy Places Network #NetworkCommons Twitter chat. The #NetworkCommons chat is a virtual meeting place that connects practitioners committed to improving low-income communities and the lives of people living in them. The next session, October 20 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. ET, will bring together medical […] Sep 24, 2015 | Katie Regan |
Celebrate World Environmental Health Day Sept. 26Ensuring the public’s health is a multifaceted challenge requiring expertise in more than just the health threats that come from within. As the United States continues to experience increasing numbers of severe weather events and national foodborne illness outbreaks, the nation’s environmental health is pushed front and center. Addressing environmental health issues such as climate... Sep 24, 2015 | Katie Regan |
Injection Drug Use among High School Students, United States, 1995–2013Injection drug use is the most frequently reported risk behavior among new cases of hepatitis C virus infection, and recent reports of increases in infection are of great concern in many communities. A CDC study assessed the prevalence and trends in injection drug use among U.S. high school students. In some geographic areas and population […] Sep 16, 2015 | Firdaus Arastu |
New Look for CDC’s Healthy Youth WebsiteCDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) has released a new look for the Healthy Youth website. The new Healthy Youth website is now in a responsive web design, which means the content can be easily accessed via multiple devices, including smart phones, tablets, laptops, and desktop computers. In addition, the website has been reorganized to […] Sep 10, 2015 | Alyson Jordan |
NACCHO Recognizes Local Health Departments for Infectious Disease Model and Promising PracticesNACCHO’s Model Practice and Promising Practice awards recognize local health departments’ innovative programs, resources, administrative practices, or tools that demonstrate exemplary and replicable qualities in response to a local public health need. A model practice meets the following criteria: local health department role, collaboration, innovation, responsiveness, and evaluation of both the... Sep 10, 2015 | Alyson Jordan |
Vaccination Coverage Among Children in Kindergarten — United States, 2014-15 School YearOn August 28, CDC released the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report article, “Vaccination Coverage Among Children in Kindergarten-United States, 2014-15 School Year.” This report describes vaccination coverage from 49 states and DC and vaccination exemption levels from 46 states and DC for children enrolled in kindergarten during the 2014–15 school year, as reported by federally... Sep 01, 2015 | Kate Drezner |
National Immunization Survey-Teen Shows Lagging HPV Vaccination RatesOn July 30, CDC released the results of the National Immunization Survey—Teen module, providing important information about the state of adolescent immunization coverage in the United States. The survey, conducted via phone with additional follow up with providers to confirm individuals’ immunization history, showed that progress has been made in increasing coverage for all three […] Aug 26, 2015 | Kate Heyer |
EPA Launches School Indoor Air Quality Assessment Mobile AppEPA recently launched a new mobile app to help schools and school districts perform comprehensive indoor air quality (IAQ) facility assessments to protect the health of children and school staff. The School IAQ Assessment mobile app is a one-stop shop for accessing guidance from EPA’s IAQ Tools for Schools Action Kit. Aug 19, 2015 | Katie Regan |
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